August 2019

Page A8 AUGUST 2019 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A Woodmiller Fine Woodworking Style and Quality WoodmillerUrns.com 410-354-0575 Call for Wholesale Price List Call 651-450-7727 to request a wholesale catalog, Our Extra-Large Cremains Bags (13”x 15”) are perfectly sized for the Standard Plastic Human Service Urn. or visit UrnBags.com to order some bags. Just $2.90 each*. * Bags sold in multiples of 10 Choose from Black, Blue, or Burgundy By Kristan Dean Let’s Chat In 2000 Kristan Dean began working with her family to bring Merry Christmas From Heaven ® to all who need the gifts’ mes- sage of Comfort, Love, and Faith. Today she is the Vice President of Marketing and one of the primary members of her family’s Bereavement Ministry.   Thanks, in great part, to the thousands of funeral directors and retailers nationwide who make Merry Christmas From Heaven ® a part of their communities, countless numbers of families reach out to their family every year. Their bereavement ministry helps families realize that those in Heaven live forever in our hearts. Their love is with us always.    Prior to Mooney TunCo, Inc. Kristan worked with companies nation- wide helping them build revenues by creating greater sales opportuni- ties through the use of sales intelligence and marketing alignment. www.nomispublications.com Funeral Home & Cemetery News Contributors share insights and exchange ideas. B logs Do you give yourself time? Is this a strange question? It seems strange to me. What does this question mean? Do I give myself time? Time for what? Are you thinking, do I give myself enough time to get things done? Enough time to get somewhere? Do I give myself enough me time? Give myself time? How can I do that? Where can I find more time? If you are, I am right there with you. Do I give myself time? Just realizing how quickly I turn that question into – do I give myself enough time – tells me that no, I am definitely not giving myself time. This makes me wonder, do I give myself enough time? Let’s start with, do I give myself enough time to get things done ? I look at my life and I see lots of half done, not done, and almost done projects. Do I give myself enough time to get things done? No. Do I finish one thing before start- ing the next? More than I care to admit, my answer is no . Is this something I want to change? For a long time, my answer to this question has been: there is just no way. Even though I might want to, there is just no way be- cause every one of these projects needs to be done. Why are they still undone? I need more budget, resources, ability, etc…to get them done. Am I lying to myself? No. Pick a project and I will be able to tell you the emer- gency that came up and why it isn’t done yet. Is this an excuse? From a distance I can see that it is. Scratch that, I see how some people may say that these are excuses. From my point of view, my reasons for why things are not done are just that: reasons. From having to redo ma- jor projects, like where plaster and paint are falling off of the ceilings and the walls to the hole in the house where the taxi drove through it. There are reasons for why ev- ery project is only half done, not done, or almost done. Is it possible that they are both reasons and excuses? This feels plausible. More than plausible, this is helpful. Realizing that my reasons may be excuses and that they are also valid reasons puts things in a new perspective. From here I see that my reasons make sense and there is more that I can do to get things done. So why are so many things not done in my house? Is the bottleneck of not-done and not-done-yet proj- ects entirely because of the taxi, other people’s mistakes, and limited resources? No. While they play a part in creating and adding to my to-do list, they are not the only contributing factors. They may not even be the biggest contributor. What is? In a word: me. The answers may surprise you, I know that they are surprising me and they all stem from the question: What does ____ give me? In this case, my question is, What does not getting these projects done give me? With one caveat, I am not asking about the headaches that come from not getting them done. I am asking: What are the good things I get out of the not doing and not finishing the things that need to be done in my house? I want to tell you all about how I am creating the most beautiful bottleneck for myself in next month’s column. Forest Lawn-Glendale commemorates Memorial Day GLENDALE,CA— Forest Lawn—Glendale’s Memori- al Day commemoration was a moving tribute to Unit- ed States veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. The Glendale remembrance was the featured event in For- est Lawn’s 104th Memorial Day observance, which in- cluded commemorations across all six of its Southern California locations. Set at the gravesite of a Civil War soldier, the event transported the audience back in time with Civil War and Abraham Lincoln reenactors and patriot music of the period, honoring generations of veterans. With moving speeches and remarks by Senator Anthony Portanio, Nathan Graeser of the 1877 Fund, Lt. Jenni- fer Shiflett of The Salvation Army, Michael Ellington of the Los Angeles Police Concert Band, and Angie Ray, Vice President of Forest Lawn—Glendale, as well as a color guard, cannon salutes, and patriotic music, the day’s events invited the audience to remember and honor veterans with their hearts, minds, and souls. Memorial Day at Forest Lawn—Glendale also fea- tured the Closing Ceremony and conclusion of Glen- dale Sunrise Rotary’s Field of Honor. To conclude the week-long educational series and placement of 1,000 American flags, which supported local veterans through the nonprofit Wellness Works, Eli Gauna, the Past District Governor of Rotary International, gave the keynote speech, with remarks by Keith Sorem of Glendale Sunrise Rotary and Lisa Raggio of Wellness Works. Vocals by Richard Smykle and a color guard by the City of Glendale Police Explorers paid musical and visual tribute to our country’s fallen soldiers. Pipe Major Harry Farrar and Scottish Bagpipes & Drums march with the 100 th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company K Civil War reenactors in tow The 100 th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company K Civil War reenactors carry the American flag L ike Us On Facebook! Visit www.nomispublications.com News Funeral Home & Cemetery online

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